Merrick
Healthy Grains Large Breed Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag
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C Evidence Fair
dry $2.97/lb
Merrick Healthy Grains Large Breed Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
PQI
+22
Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.
CQI
+13
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
Controversial ingredients · 1
- sodium seleniteSynthetic selenium source. Selenium is essential, but sodium selenite has a narrower safety margin than organic alternatives like selenium yeast. Better-formulated foods use the organic form.
Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →
Guaranteed analysis
Protein
25%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
3.5%
max
Moisture
11%
max
Ingredients
39 total - 1 deboned chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 oat meal
- 5 barley grain
- 6 turkey meal protein animal
- 7 chicken fat fat
- 8 quinoa grain
- 9 flaxseed fat
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 dried yeast
- 12 miscanthus grass fiber
- 13 salmon oil fat
- 14 potassium chloride mineral
- 15 salt mineral
- 16 apples fruit
- 17 carrots vegetable
- 18 sunflower oil fat
- 19 alfalfa meal supplement
- 20 choline chloride supplement
- 21 iron amino acid complex mineral
- 22 zinc amino acid complex mineral
- 23 zinc sulfate mineral
- 24 sodium selenite mineral ⚠ Synthetic selenium source. Selenium is essential, but sodium selenite has a narrower safety margin than organic alternatives like selenium yeast. Better-formulated foods use the organic form.
- 25 manganese amino acid complex mineral
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